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Robert H. "Shorty" Soule (February 10, 1900 – January 26, 1952) was a senior officer in the

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. He commanded the 188th Glider Infantry Regiment of the

11th Airborne Division The 11th Airborne Division ("Arctic Angels") is a United States Army airborne formation, first activated on 25 February 1943, during World War II. Consisting of one parachute and two glider infantry regiments, with supporting troops, the div ...

in the Philippines campaign during

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. He later served as military attaché to the

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, and commanded the 3rd Infantry Division during the

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. Soule died of a heart attack in

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He is buried at

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with his wife Genevieve Hoffman Soule (1898–1992).

References

Other sources

* Flanagan, Edward M. (1986) ''The Los Baños Raid: The 11th Airborne Jumps at Dawn'' (Presidio Books) * Flanagan, Edward M (1988) ''The Angels: A History of the 11th Airborne Division 1943–1946'' (The Battery Press) * Salecker, Gene Eric (2010) ''Blossoming Silk Against the Rising Sun: U.S. and Japanese Paratroopers at War in the Pacific in World War II'' (Stackpole Books) * Henderson, Bruce (2015) ''Rescue at Los Baños: The Most Daring Prison Camp Raid of World War II'' (William Morrow)

External links

Entry on American Battle Monuments Commission websiteEntry on MilitaryTimes Hall of Valor website
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